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The merchant of Yonkers : a farce in four acts [promptbook]

Item Information

Creator

Wilder, Thornton, 1897-1975

Contributor

Reinhardt, Max, 1873-1943

Date

1900s

Rights

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Collection

Max Reinhardt Promptbooks

Description

Markings in purple pen, blue pencil, red pencil black pencil, and black pen. All of Reinhardt’s written notes in German are translated into English and typed on opposite side of page in red ink. Almost all handwritten notes are in German. English-language handwritten notes found throughout in black pen, however they do not appear to be Reinhardt’s. Written notes common throughout both books. Heavily marked throughout in a variety of colors. Noticeable lack of stage setting, staging, prop, etc. directions throughout.
Part I also includes folder with multiple sheets of paper; script changes, extensive written notes mainly dealing with staging directions, prop lists, music directions, etc.

Dimensions

29.5cm x 24cm

Production(s)

Part I: September 31, 1938, Palos Verdes, California, Harden House

October 1938, Palos Verdes

January 1, 1939 (city unspecified)

December, 1940, Hollywood

September 26 (year unspecified, city unspecified).


Part II: October 15, 1938, Palos Verdes, California

October 27, 1938, Palos Verdes, California

December 31, 1938 (city unspecified; possibly New York)
-Supporting materials: Box 8 Folder 60: Photographs (Guild Theater, New York; 1938)
Oversized mounted 7, 10, 14
Box 14 Folder 59: Programs; plays (Guild Theater, New York; December 28, 1938)

Earlier version

The Merchant of Yonkers

Notes

Located in Binghamton University Libraries Special Collections
PT2635.E548P75 v.153

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Who is Max Reinhardt? The celebrated Austrian theater director Max Reinhardt, recognized in America primarily for his elaborate productions of Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Franz Werfel’s The Eternal Road, and Karl Vollmoeller’s The Miracle, was born in 1873 at Baden near Vienna, Austria and died in New York City in… More

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Wilder, Thornton, 1897-1975, “The merchant of Yonkers : a farce in four acts [promptbook],” Digital Collections, accessed March 28, 2024, https://omeka.binghamton.edu/omeka/items/show/1585.